+--------------- Bizarre Song Inspirations ----------------+
Paul Simon was inspired to write "Mother and Child Reunion" by a chicken-and-egg dish in a Chinese restaurant.
"Heartbreak Hotel," Elvis Presley's first #1 hit, was inspired by a highly publicized suicide note that was printed on the front page of the Miami Herald. It began with the line, "I walk a lonely street..."
The Teddy Bears' 1958 #1 song, "To Know Him Is to Love Him," was inspired by the epitaph on group member Phil Spector's father's tombstone.
Melanie's million-seller, "Brand New Key," came to her after she'd broken a strict vegetarian diet by eating a McDonald's hamburger.
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" was inspired by a Little Lulu comic book.
"Running on Empty" came to Jackson Browne because, in a tough period of his life, he kept forgetting to fill up his car with gas.
Tommy James and the Shondell's hit Mony Mony was inspired by the sign for the Mutual of New York Insurance Company - or M.O.N.Y. James was out on his terrace, looking around for a girl's name that nobody had ever heard before, when he spotted the flashing neon sign.
Paul Simon was inspired to write "Mother and Child Reunion" by a chicken-and-egg dish in a Chinese restaurant.
"Heartbreak Hotel," Elvis Presley's first #1 hit, was inspired by a highly publicized suicide note that was printed on the front page of the Miami Herald. It began with the line, "I walk a lonely street..."
The Teddy Bears' 1958 #1 song, "To Know Him Is to Love Him," was inspired by the epitaph on group member Phil Spector's father's tombstone.
Melanie's million-seller, "Brand New Key," came to her after she'd broken a strict vegetarian diet by eating a McDonald's hamburger.
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" was inspired by a Little Lulu comic book.
"Running on Empty" came to Jackson Browne because, in a tough period of his life, he kept forgetting to fill up his car with gas.
Tommy James and the Shondell's hit Mony Mony was inspired by the sign for the Mutual of New York Insurance Company - or M.O.N.Y. James was out on his terrace, looking around for a girl's name that nobody had ever heard before, when he spotted the flashing neon sign.
[From Uncle John's 4-Ply Bathroom Reader]
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